Mr Notorious, a winner in France in June, was purchased for $200,000 by Deron Pearson at Saturday’s Paddock Sale at Del Mar, a horses-of-racing-age sale that had widespread declines in key business categories compared with the corresponding event in 2014.
Hard Not to Like, who got up in the final jump to nip Tepin in course-record time in Saturday’s Grade 1 Diana Stakes at Saratoga, will be aimed at the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Oct. 31 at Keeneland, with likely one start before then, trainer Christophe Clement said Sunday.
Micks Miracle, the 3-year-old colt who made a slow Del Mar surface appear fast while winning a highly rated allowance race Saturday, needs time to recover from a minor foot issue before he runs again, trainer Phil D’Amato said Sunday.
Competitive Edge completed his preparation for next Sunday’s $1 million Haskell Invitational and a date with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah by working four furlongs Sunday at Saratoga.
The heavily favored Ecleto Red ($2.80) seized command in the early stages and dug deep in the final sixteenth to hold Hazards of Love's determined bid safe for a neck victory in Saturday's $49,000 Prairie Meadows Handicap.
This year’s 3-year-old filly division is in disarray, especially now that the brilliant grass star Lady Eli is sidelined while battling laminitis. The eight Grade 1 races in the division so far this year have been won by seven different fillies. Lovely Maria is the only dual winner (Ashland on April 4 and Kentucky Oaks on May 1), while one Grade 1 apiece has gone to Callback (Las Virgenes on Jan. 31), Stellar Wind (Santa Anita Oaks on April 4), Spanish Queen (American Oaks on May 30), Curalina (Acorn on June 6), Include Betty (Mother Goose on June 27), and Lady Eli (Belmont Oaks on July 4).
Unhurried early under Carlos Marquez, Potomac River swung out five wide turning for home and unleashed a powerful rally to capture the Sunset Stakes at Evangeline Downs, the first of three $75,000 stakes events on the grass Saturday night.
Next Saturday's lucrative Adios field is set.
Wicked Little Minx was also victorious in the Miss New Jersey for 3-year-old filly pacers.
P H Supercam put in a huge uncovered effort to win the Gerrity Memorial at Saratoga Raceway.
